A decade from now Gov. Charlie Crist will be credited with either overseeing the greatest conservation achievement in Florida history or orchestrating one of biggest boondoggles ever foisted on taxpayers. ...more

December 18, 2008

The U.N. says the number of undernourished people worldwide is climbing toward 1 billion as high food prices squeeze the poorest. This report looks at the prospects for science to ignite a new "green revolution." ...more

November 16, 2008

A report on the Everglades restoration from the national Academy of Sciences should spark prompt action in Washington and Tallahassee. ...more

October 18, 2008

When visitors head to the state park, their sport utility vans, minivans -- even motorcycles -- haul in a mishmash of mud, chemicals and other mire that can ooze out of the parking lot and into the Hillsborough River. ...more

October 16, 2008

When Bill Blanchard was through speaking to officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, more than 100 people, many of them wearing red "Vote NO Landfill" T-shirts, stood and applauded. ...more

September 25, 2008

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has begun releasing water from Lake Okeechobee after record-breaking rainfall and ahead of the storms that are looming in the Atlantic Ocean. ...more

September 7, 2008

Environmentalists for decades have demonized the sugar industry, accusing it of simultaneously polluting and robbing precious water from the Everglades. ...more

June 25, 2008

Republican presidential candidate John McCain visited the Everglades last week to highlight his commitment to Florida's natural treasures and promptly stepped into political muck. ...more

June 10, 2008

With people flocking to community pools and beaches during the Memorial Day holiday weekend, health officials are urging swimmers to guard against coming down with illnesses. ...more

May 24, 2008

Federal officials have some explaining to do about what's going on with the restoration of the Everglades, the hydrological heart of South Florida. ...more

December 1, 2007